Apple Now Accepting All Products for Recycling at Retail Stores

[WannaGoMac]

Is this recycling just for apple products?

 

[darkslide29]

I was going to recycle/toss an old iPhone 3GS last year. Battery was shot, had a couple of cracks on the back casing, and the power button wasn't responding to presses.
Described it accurately on eBay, sold as is for parts, and got $50

 

[thejadedmonkey]

This is only good.

 

[mrxak]

In my experience, you'll only get a gift card if your recycled product is a very recent model, and it won't be for much. You're better off trying to sell it. You'll get more money that way, and for the environment, reusing is better than recycling anyway.

 

[Tech198]

this says otherwise :- http://store.apple.com/us/browse/reuse_and_recycle

 

[JAT]

Do they take fluorescent bulbs? I've got a whole bag and never seem to get to Ikea.

 

[sixrom]

It's good to see Apple do something right.

 

[AppleWarMachine]

of course you could get more selling it on your own, but for those with throw away incomes, it's better to take it to the Apple store then to put it in the trash (then to a landfill)

 

[kazmac]

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Good. I'd rather take my 2010 iMac to an Apple store for recycling than ship it out.

Glad Apple is doing this.

 

[dysamoria]

Just to put this "great innovation" in context: in Switzerland every electronics store is obliged to take back any electronics devices - TVs, computers, microwaves, radios, ... - for recycling! No matter whether the device was actually bought in that store!

That service is already paid for when you buy the device - any electric or electronic device.

Want a reference? Here: http://www.erecycling.ch/faq-e-recycling#t25n115

Off course it is in german, but the first FAQ answer sais it all: "Überall dort wo diese Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte verkauft werden, können Sie diese auch zurückbringen." -> "You can return your devices at every store which sells electric and electronic devices".

That's awesome and very progressive. Thanks for sharing this!

 

[pubwvj]

Passing it down in family/friends or ebaying it is a better solution than recycling. Remember REUSE comes before RECYCLE.

 

[till213]

I'd rather "recycle" on my own than have recycling tax included in the price of every electronic prodyct I buy.

Yeah, I've seen those "quotes" before - "recycling on your own", yeah right...

 

[iMacBooked]

I'd rather "recycle" on my own than have recycling tax included in the price of every electronic product I buy.

Good point.

 

[Nabooly]

That's a nice idea....I only wish there was an apple store here.

 

[Clix Pix]

A couple of weeks ago I took my old 17" MBP over to the Apple store near me and I was told, NO, they do NOT take all products -- only iPads, iPhones and iPods. I brought the computer back home and got online and am now recycling it through PowerON, Apple's recycling partner.